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2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships
14th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationAustralia Gold Coast, Australia
Date(s)29 August to 10 September
Website
official website
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
← 2020 2025 →

The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship is the 14th edition of the World Bowls Championship, held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September.[1][2]

The event was long-awaited by the sport because the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] resulting in a seven-year wait since the last championships in 2016. Consequently, the Championships will now be held every two years.[4]

There are five venues; the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club, Club Helensvale, Paradise Point Club and Mudgeraba Club.

There are eight events that determine the 2023 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours and in addition there are two overall team winners, who receive the Leonard and Taylor trophies respectively.[5] The finals were broadcast live on Fox Sports (Australia), Kayo Sports and Sky Sport (New Zealand).

Participating teams

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There were 43 nations/associations competing at 2023 Championships, although only eight countries are represented in all of the events and Kenya pulled out before the tournament started.[6][5][7][8][9][10]

Member nations
  • Australia Australia (hosts)
  • Argentina Argentina
  • Botswana Botswana
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Canada Canada
  • Cook Islands Cook Islands
  • Cyprus Cyprus
  • Czech Republic Czech Republic
  • England England
  • Falkland Islands Falkland Islands
  • Fiji Fiji
  • France France
  • Guernsey Guernsey
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
  • India India
  • Ireland
  • Israel Israel
  • Japan Japan
  • Jersey Jersey
  • Kenya Kenya
  • Macau Macao, China
  • Malaysia Malaysia
  • Malta Malta
  • Namibia Namibia
  • Netherlands Netherlands
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Niue Niue
  • Norfolk Island Norfolk Island
  • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Samoa Samoa
  • Scotland Scotland
  • Singapore Singapore
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Spain Spain
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Sweden Sweden
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • Thailand Thailand
  • Turkey Turkey
  • United States United States
  • Wales Wales
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's singles
details
Canada
Ryan Bester

Gary Kelly
Scotland
Iain McLean
Australia
Aaron Wilson
Men's pairs
details

Gary Kelly
Adam McKeown
Australia
Aaron Wilson
Aaron Teys
Canada
John Bezear
Ryan Bester
Malaysia
Idham Amin Ramlan
Izzat Dzulkeple
Men's triples
details
Australia
Corey Wedlock
Aron Sherriff
Carl Healey
Scotland
Paul Foster
Derek Oliver
Alex Marshall
England
Louis Ridout
Nick Brett
Jamie Walker

Stuart Bennett
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
Men's fours
details
Australia
Corey Wedlock
Aaron Teys
Carl Healey
Aron Sherriff
Scotland
Jason Banks
Derek Oliver
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall

Stuart Bennett
Adam McKeown
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
New Zealand
Tony Grantham
Chris Le Lievre
Lance Pascoe
Sheldon Bagrie-Howley
Men's team Australia Australia Ireland Scotland Scotland N/A
Women's singles
details
New Zealand
Tayla Bruce
Canada
Kelly McKerihen
England
Katherine Rednall
Australia
Ellen Ryan
Women's pairs
details
Malaysia
Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi
Aleena Nawawi
Malta
Rebecca Rixon
Connie-Leigh Rixon
England
Sophie Tolchard
Amy Pharaoh
Scotland
Emma McIntyre
Claire Anderson
Women's triples
details
Australia
Dawn Hayman
Lynsey Clarke
Kelsey Cottrell
New Zealand
Tayla Bruce
Val Smith
Leeane Poulson
Canada
Joanna Cooper
Baylee van Steijn
Emma Boyd

Sophie McIntyre
Shauna O'Neill
Chloe Wilson
Women's fours
details
England
Sophie Tolchard
Jamie-Lea Marshall
Lorraine Kuhler
Amy Pharaoh
Australia
Kristina Krstic
Dawn Hayman
Lynsey Clarke
Kelsey Cottrell
Scotland
Carla Banks
Claire Anderson
Stacey McDougall
Caroline Brown
New Zealand
Leeane Poulson
Selina Goddard
Val Smith
Katelyn Inch
Women's team New Zealand New Zealand England England Australia Australia N/A

Results

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Men's team (W.M.Leonard Trophy)

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Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 Australia Australia 20+2 18+4 18+6 20+6 94
2 Ireland 20+4 20+6 18+2 20+2 92
3 Scotland Scotland 18+2 20 20+4 20+4 88
4 Malaysia Malaysia 20 18+2 20 14 74 (+333)
5 England England 20 16 20+2 16 74 (+298)
6 Canada Canada 18+6 20+2 16 12 74 (+228)
7 New Zealand New Zealand 18 18 14 20+2 72
8 Wales Wales 16 20 16 18 70
9 India India 16 18 16 14 64 (+204)
10 Hong Kong Hong Kong China 18 16 12 18 64 (+145)
11 United States United States 12 12 20 18 62 (+195)
12 Cook Islands Cook Islands 14 16 14 18 62 (+96)
13 South Africa South Africa 14 14 16 16 60 (+170)
14 Jersey Jersey 16 16 14 14 60 (+13)
15 Thailand Thailand 10 14 18 14 56
16 Israel Israel 12 12 12 16 52
17 Fiji Fiji 14 8 14 12 48
18 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 10 14 12 8 44
19 Philippines Philippines 12 12 10 8 42 (+0)
20 Singapore Singapore 12 14 6 10 42 (-40)
21 Japan Japan 16 4 18 4 42 (-59)
22 Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 10 10 10 10 40
23 Namibia Namibia 8 6 8 16 38
24 Malta Malta 4 8 12 12 36
25 Botswana Botswana 8 8 10 8 34 (-139)
26 Macau Macao China 4 10 8 12 34 (-150)
27 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 6 10 8 6 30 (-169)
28 Argentina Argentina 8 6 6 10 30 (-276)
29 France France 6 6 10 6 28 (-243)
30 Turkey Turkey 4 10 4 10 28 (-438)
31 Switzerland Switzerland 6 8 6 6 26
32 Samoa Samoa 4 4 8 8 24
33 Netherlands Netherlands 10 12 0 0 22
34 Niue Niue 4 4 6 6 20
35 Czech Republic Czech Republic 14 0 0 0 14
36 Sweden Sweden 4 6 0 0 10 (-97)
37 Spain Spain 6 4 0 0 10 (-199)
38 Guernsey Guernsey 8 0 0 0 8 (-1)
39 Falkland Islands Falkland Islands 4 4 0 0 8 (-276)
40 Cyprus Cyprus 4 0 0 0 4 (-65)
41 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 4 0 0 0 4 (-123)
42 Brazil Brazil 4 0 0 0 4 (-149)

Women's team (Taylor Trophy)

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Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 New Zealand New Zealand 20+6 20 20+4 20+2 92
2 England England 20+2 20+2 20 20+6 90
3 Australia Australia 20+2 16 20+6 20+4 88
4 Canada Canada 20+4 12 18+2 18 74 (+207)
5 Malaysia Malaysia 14 20+6 18 16 74 (+157)
6 Scotland Scotland 16 18+2 16 20+2 74 (+145)
7 South Africa South Africa 18 16 18 18 70
8 Hong Kong Hong Kong China 18 12 16 18 64
9 Wales Wales 12 18 14 18 62
10 Philippines Philippines 14 16 12 16 58 (+119)
11 India India 6 16 20 16 58 (+85)
12 Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 10 20 14 12 56 (+89)
13 Ireland 4 18 18+2 14 56 (+52)
14 Malta Malta 4 18+4 14 16 56 (+27)
15 United States United States 16 14 16 10 56 (+22)
16 Cook Islands Cook Islands 14 14 12 12 52
17 Thailand Thailand 12 12 12 14 50 (+28)
18 Jersey Jersey 12 8 16 14 50 (+10)
19 Fiji Fiji 16 10 12 12 50 (-33)
20 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 16 14 8 6 44
21 Singapore Singapore 10 10 10 10 40 (-37)
22 Japan Japan 12 4 10 14 40 (-82)
23 Switzerland Switzerland 18 6 6 10 40 (-145)
24 Argentina Argentina 4 10 8 12 34 (-257)
25 Turkey Turkey 8 8 10 8 34 (-416)
26 Botswana Botswana 4 10 10 8 32 (-237)
27 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 8 8 8 8 32 (-248
28 Niue Niue 8 6 6 10 30
29 Guernsey Guernsey 14 14 0 0 28
30 Israel Israel 6 0 14 0 20
31 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 18 0 0 0 18
32 Netherlands Netherlands 8 8 0 0 16 (-63)
33 Namibia Namibia 4 12 0 0 16 (-84)
34 France France 10 6 0 0 16 (-104)
35 Macau Macao China 6 6 0 0 12
36 Cyprus Cyprus 10 0 0 0 10
37 Spain Spain 6 0 0 0 6
38 Falkland Islands Falkland Islands 4 0 0 0 4 (-62)
39 Brazil Brazil 4 0 0 0 4 (-90)
40 Samoa Samoa 4 0 0 0 4 (-123)

Para overall team (inaugural title)

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Team Men's Pairs Women's Pairs Mixed VI Pairs Total
1 Australia Australia 20+6 18+2 18+6 70
2 Scotland Scotland 16 16+4 16+2 54
3 New Zealand New Zealand 14 20+6 12 52
4 South Africa South Africa 20+4 0 20+4 48
5 England England 16 10+2 14+2 44
6 Hong Kong Hong Kong China 18+2 12 10 42
7 Thailand Thailand 14 14 0 28
8 Singapore Singapore 18+2 0 0 20
9 South Korea South Korea 12 0 0 12 (-30)
10 Wales Wales 12 0 0 12 (-45)
11 Japan Japan 10 0 0 10

Medal tally (no trophy/medals awarded) (excluding team medals)

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Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia Australia 5 2 3 10
2 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 2 5
3 Ireland 1 1 3 5
4 Canada Canada 1 1 2 4
5 England England 1 0 4 5
6 Malaysia Malaysia 1 0 1 2
7 Scotland Scotland 0 3 4 7
8 South Africa South Africa 0 2 0 2
9 Malta Malta 0 1 0 1
10 Hong Kong Hong Kong China 0 0 1 1
Singapore Singapore 0 0 1 1
Thailand Thailand 0 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely". Bowls Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ "2021 World Bowls Championships Gold Coast & Future World Championships" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "2023 World Bowls Championships Preview". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Competing countries". World Bowls official site. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS SQUAD ANNOUNCED". Bowls Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ^ "BIRMINGHAM 2022 STARS LEAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BID". Bowls England. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. ^ "TEAM FOR WORLD BOWLS ANNOUNCED". irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Blackjacks announced for World Champs". Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 18 May 2023.